Airport Extreme USB Disk Sharing over Internet Without MobileMe
Hello
I just wanted to say I read this article http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/769126-airport-extreme-connecting-remotely-wit hout-mobileme/
and wanted to do what the title said.
So, I am able to share the disks fine over the LAN with both Mac and Windows PCs.
My Question is:
-some people have said that to map the disk over network, you need the AirPort utility installed onto the computer. Is this true?
-I am unable to access the disk over the internet.
I am wondering if I should configure the "Disks" then File Sharing section of Airport Utility or whether I should turn to the Advanced> Port Mapping section.
For the File Sharing Section:
1. What is the username needed when trying to connect to the disk?
2. Do I need to enable share disk over WAN and also the checkbox to enable the Bonjour service?
3. What do I need to fill out for WINS server?
4. Can I just mount the drive using the WAN IP?
Port Mapping:
1. What exactly is personal file sharing? Do I need to use this to share my hard drive? And is it only compatible with Mac?
2. Should I use the IP address 10.0.0.1 (default IP of router) as the place where I want to map to?
Thank you and sorry for this long post.
Airport Extreme-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.6.7)